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🍿 TPL Pops Up at The Phoenix Film Festival!
4 films get a TPL Spotlight, + Watch Micro Budget on Tubi Now!
 • The Popcorn List
🍿 TPL Close Up: VIVA VERDI!
An inspiring conversation with the film team behind the Oscar-Nominated film
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 Spotlight: TPL '26 Films, Part 5
Get to know: Trash Baby, Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong, Viva Verdi!, WTO/99, Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 Spotlight: TPL '26 Films, Part 4
Get to know: Seeds, Speak., Summer's Camera, The Fisherman and The Other People
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 Spotlight: TPL '26 Films, Part 3
Get to know: Love Chaos Kin, Paper Bag Plan, Racewalkers, Raoul's, A New York Story & Remaining Native
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 Spotlight: TPL '26 Films, Part 2
Get to know: Cycle, Fucktoys, Last Night I Conquered The City of Thebes, Legacy: Apartheid's Shadow & Linda
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 Spotlight: TPL '26 Films, Part 1
Get to know: Adult Children, Been Here Stay Here, Burt, Creede U.S.A. & Crystal Cross
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
🍿 You Saw it Here First: The Popcorn List 2026
25 films
Published on Hope For Film • 
🍿 No BS: What the class of 2026 filmmakers should know
Anonymous advice from TPL filmmakers on the state of it all.
 • The Popcorn List and Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm
TPL: Pop Up Series Wrap Report, Part 3
An Experiment in Collaborative Non-Theatrical Distribution: The Results, cont.
 • The Popcorn List, Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm, and Kathy Susca
TPL: Pop Up Series Wrap Report, Part 2
An Experiment in Collaborative Non-Theatrical Distribution: The Results
 • The Popcorn List, Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm, and Kathy Susca
TPL: Pop Up Series Wrap Report, Part 1
An Experiment in Collaborative Non-Theatrical Distribution: The Set Up
 • The Popcorn List, Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm, and Kathy Susca
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An annual survey of highly enjoyed feature films without domestic theatrical or digital distribution, recommended by festival programmers from across the US.
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